BILL NUMBER: ACR 62	CHAPTERED  04/12/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   43
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   APRIL 12, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 10, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   APRIL 3, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MARCH 27, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   FEBRUARY 17, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Havice

                        MAY 24, 1999

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 62--Relative to Sober
Graduation Month.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 62, Havice.  Sober Graduation Month.
   This measure would designate May 31, 2000, to June 30, 2000,
inclusive, as Sober Graduation Month and would request Californians
to join the Department of the California Highway Patrol in supporting
the Sober Graduation Program.




   WHEREAS, The Sober Graduation Program is an effective, antidrunk
driving campaign geared towards high school seniors; and
   WHEREAS, In 1998, almost 700 drivers between the ages of 15 and 20
years were involved in alcohol-related accidents during the months
of May and June; and
   WHEREAS, In Los Angeles County alone, 108 young people who had
been drinking were involved in accidents during that period; and
   WHEREAS, Since the Sober Graduation Program was established, the
number of alcohol-related accidents involving young people has
dramatically declined; and
   WHEREAS, Students, teachers, parents, civic groups, law
enforcement, and the business community should join together to raise
public awareness of alcohol-related deaths and to encourage alcohol
and drug-free graduation celebrations commencing on May 31, 2000, to
June 30, 2000; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature does hereby designate May
31, 2000, to June 30, 2000, inclusive, as Sober Graduation Month and
encourages all Californians to join in this observance and join the
Department of the California Highway Patrol in supporting the effort
to save the lives of young people through the Sober Graduation
Program; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and
transmit a copy of this resolution to the Governor.
